The LXIII Summit of Presidents of the Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) began this Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, where they will ratify the incorporation of Bolivia, sign a free trade agreement with Singapore and they will debate the negotiations with the European Union (EU). The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvais the […]
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Chile: Boric announces expulsion of irregular immigrants in the face of more crime
Chili will expel irregular immigrants who have not contributed their data to a voluntary biometric registration plan, the president announced on Thursday Gabriel Boricby toughening its discourse against irregular migration. “Those who are irregular in Chile, we are going to throw them out”said Boric, in a ceremony in which he presented a plan to strengthen […]
European investors visit Bolivia to evaluate business opportunities in lithium
The Government of Bolivia announced this Monday the arrival of representatives of a dozen European companies from different segments of the production chain of the lithiumwhich will evaluate this week the business opportunities in the development of that industry in the country. Companies seek to establish “strategic connections” and “collaborations” for the joint development of […]
Bolivia’s rating falls from B- to CCC+ with “negative outlook”: the reasons
The Standard & Poor’s agency (S&P) Global Ratings downgraded its long-term sovereign credit ratings on Bolivia from ‘B-‘ to ‘CCC+’ with a “negative perspective” due to “greater external vulnerabilities”, an analysis that was criticized this Thursday by the government of Luis Arce. The agency also lowered the short-term rating from ‘B’ to ‘C’ and revised […]
Bolivian seamstresses in Brazil rebel against 17-hour days
17-hour days, no days off and payment of 1.50 reais (30 cents) per garment. These were the working conditions to which Dilma Chilaca was subjected when she arrived at Brazil. “When you have nothing, you have to keep quiet,” says. This 41-year-old Bolivian seamstress, originally from Potosí, now owns her own workshop in a humid […]
Matarani: Tisur breaks another record of 45,000 MT of soybeans and sunflowers transported from Bolivia
The port of Matarani, operated by Terminal Internacional del Sur (Tisur), moved more than 45,000 tons of Bolivian soybeans and sunflowers in October, which marks a new historical milestone when compared to its highest peak of 22,000 moved in 2021. The new record, which represents an increase of more than 45% in the volume of […]
Spain, Peru and five other Latin American countries create a network against document falsification
The security forces of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, Paraguay and Peru agreed this Friday in Madrid to launch a network against documentary falsificationa crime that is usually associated with others such as human traffickingirregular immigration or terrorism. Athens Network: A multinational initiative The future Athens Network aims to act “in an agile way” against […]
China gains ground in the “lithium triangle” with Chile, Bolivia and Argentina
China has gained ground in the “triangle of lithium” that make up Chili, Bolivia and Argentinawith a wave of investments to acquire assets of this metal, key in the energy transitionwhich have guaranteed it, according to experts, a preferential position throughout the production chain. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has documented in a recent report […]
Bolivian Prosecutor’s Office requests 30 years in prison for former President Añez for “genocide”
The attorney general of BoliviaJuan Lanchipa, requested on Monday 30 years in prison for Jeanine Anez for the crime of “genocide”within the framework of the accusation against the former president and other authorities for the deaths during the post-election protests in the country in 2019. Lanchipa presented a list of defendants for the more than […]
China’s two largest banks land in Bolivia to inject yuan
The two largest banks in China They landed on Friday in Bolivia given the Bolivian government’s policy of using yuan in international transactions and thus reducing dependence on the US dollar, the Central Bank (BCB) reported. Executives from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and the Bank of China “They met on Friday […]